Conor Oberst, M. Ward, Jim James, Mike Mogis, and Centro-matic’s Will Johnson donned their best late-night suits and played Seattle’s Paramount Theatre last night. Photographer Laura Musselman was on hand and delivers this set of shots.
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Does anyone have a setlist?
Snazzy!
here is one from the first night –
[Main shows]
Whole Lotta Losin’
The Right Place
Soul Singer In a Session Band (Oberst)
Man Named Truth
We Are Nowhere and It’s Now (Oberst)
Lenders In the Temple (Oberst)
Lullaby & Exile (M. Ward)
One Hundred Million Years?(M. Ward)
Outta My Head?(M. Ward)
Slow Down Jo
Dear God (Sincerely M.O.F.)
Magic Marker
To Save Me?(M. Ward)
Baby Boomer
Ahead of the Curve
Temazcal
Golden?
I Will Be There When You Die
Bermuda Highway?
Wonderful (The Way I Feel)?
Sandman, The Brakeman and Me
Map of the World
Paul?s Song?(M. Ward)
Goodway
Hit the Switch (Oberst)
Smokin? From Shootin??
Say Please
Losin’ Your Head
[Encores]
At Dawn?
Vincent O’Brien?(M. Ward)
Another Travellin’ Song?(Oberst)
His Master?s Voice
I’m sorry, but all these guys (except maybe Mike Mogis) have become pretentious assholes.
Saw them twice—both times had ups and downs —most notable was how undersold the venues were!!! Serious extra seats for sale
Well, at least part of this has to be attributed to the ticket cost. It was more than $50. This summer The Dead Weather played the same venue for $15 – $20 less, and they brought with them a lot more of a tour rig and presentation. The cancelled 2007 White Stripes show at the Paramount also cost less than this. Last fall Conor and the Mystic Valley Band played the Showbox (not a theatre, but a quite large club, also in Seattle) for only $20. The problem was that the Monsters chose to play a charity tour and still make money. This entire tour seems to be made up of expensive shows at big venues.
30% in service fees to Live Nation. Total BS!
If u Twitter search them it’s literally dozens of People talking about how they “won” free tickets to some band “monsters of folk”—sad
Over 30 songs??? WTF!!
I like Jim James with a pocket square.
Uhhhhhhh…………Despite the fickle nature of the indie rock audience, I wouldn’t take ticketsales as an indication of anything other than a recession.
Certainly not ‘sad’
My Fevers & Mirror era teenage self has something she’d like to say: OMG! Conor is sooo hot in that suit!!!!!111!!!
OK. Done now.
OMG, Conor looks so good in a su1t!!!
As long as he stops dressing like Jordan Catalono, i’m all for it!
HA! I know what you mean. My mom’s long standing crush on Don Henley is kind of adorable. Let’s hope they make it until a Monsters of Folk 2035 reunion tour.
no shots of will johnson on drums? not a sight you get to see very often.
Just moved to Louisville and they’re playing a costume-themed halloween show here. I can’t afford it (no job yet) but tickets are still available…. if they can’t sell out a special show in jim’s (yim’s?) hometown… they need to seriously rethink prices
i managed to pick up 3 front row seats on ebay for under 100 bucks… the place was empty until about 30 minutes in and it filled up fast.
2 1/2 hours of solid music, one of the greatest shows ive ever been too
Does anyone have a setlist from the Seattle show?
My favorite parts of the LA Greek show were 1. Jim James letting loose with his big voice (Gear God, I will Be There, and Master’s Voice) 2. M Ward’s guitar playing and dancing around the stage is very entertaining to watch. 3. Conor Oberst sang every song with a ton of enthusiasm. He seems so angry, and also happy to be onstage with these guys. 4. Mike Mogis playing a million different instruments, including dobro, slide, and triangle.
Jim James also had some great between-song comments, like the trees at the Greek, which are lit up with red and yellow lights, being “Lucasfilm CGI trees.” Will Johnson was awesome. He also picked up the guitar and sang a duet with Jim James. The Jim James-Conor Oberst duet I Will Be There When You Die was very emotional, very cool. I’m really glad I went.